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Senator proposes moving lottery oversight to TDLR, tightens rules after alleged misconduct; committee hears one witness and leaves bill pending
Summary
Senate Bill 3070 would dissolve the Texas Lottery Commission, transfer authority to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR), impose new procurement and transparency requirements, and create a sunset review; Senator Hall presented multiple amendments and a witness testified in favor; the committee left the bill pending.
Senate Bill 3070, laid out in the Committee on State Affairs, would dissolve the Texas Lottery Commission and transfer lottery oversight, contracts, assets and budgets to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). Senator Charles Hall, the bill's author, described a series of alleged administrative failures at the lottery commission and proposed structural and enforcement changes to improve oversight and transparency.
Hall said the bill would require TDLR…
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